Phylogeny

Lecture Biology - Chapter 25: Reconstructing and using phylogenies. In this chapter, we will address the following questions: What is phylogeny? How are phylogenetic trees constructed? How do biologists use phylogenetic trees? How does phylogeny relate to classification?

A central problem in historical linguistics is the identiﬁcation of historically related cognate words. We present a generative phylogenetic model for automatically inducing cognate group structure from unaligned word lists. Our model represents the process of transformation and transmission from ancestor word to daughter word, as well as the alignment between the words lists of the observed languages. We also present a novel method for simplifying complex weighted automata created during inference to counteract the otherwise exponential growth of message sizes. ...

Bacteria that associate with plants are diverse in their ability to affect plant health, their genotypic and phenotypic characteristics, and their phylogeny. These bacteria are typically members of complex microbial communities, with only a few establishing pure clonal populations within a plant.

Chapter 7
INSECT SYSTEMATICS: PHYLOGENY AND CLASSIﬁCATION
Because there are so many guides to the identity and classiﬁcation of birds, mammals, and ﬂowers, it is tempting to think that every organism in the living world is known. However, if we compared different books, treatments will vary, perhaps concerning the taxonomic status of a geographical.

The forty-fifth volume of this series contains eight reviews written by an international array of
authors; as usual, the reviews range widely in subject and taxonomic and geographic coverage.
The editors welcome suggestions from potential authors for topics they consider could form the
basis of future appropriate contributions. Because an annual publication schedule necessarily places
constraints on the timetable for submission, evaluation and acceptance of manuscripts, potential
contributors are advised to make contact with the editors at an early stage of preparation.

The 43rd volume of this series contains 10 reviews written by an international array of authors
that, as usual, range widely in subject and taxonomic and geographic coverage. The editors welcome
suggestions from potential authors for topics they consider could form the basis of future appropriate
contributions. Because an annual publication schedule necessarily places constraints on the timetable
for submission, evaluation and acceptance of manuscripts, potential contributors are advised
to make contact with the editors at an early stage of preparation....

The 42nd volume of this series contains eight reviews written by an international array of authors
that, as usual, range widely in subject and taxonomic and geographic coverage. The majority of
articles were solicited, but the editors always welcome suggestions from potential authors for topics
they consider could form the basis of appropriate contributions.